· 11/15/1856
Levistones v. Brady
Citations
- 11 La. Ann. 696
How courts have described this case
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- “[T]he reference to innocent or legitimate purpose does not delineate the ele- ments of the offense; rather, it is a reference to the surround- ing circumstances [which] may so belie or contradict the language of the declaration as to reveal it to be a mere jest or idle banter”
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Judges: Merrick
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